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website.Program Description: The five-year teacher education program in elementary education (k-6) with subject matter specialization (5-8) leads to a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and initial teacher certification. Rutgers undergraduates do preliminary coursework and field placements as assigned during the sophomore and junior years, are admitted to the program during the spring semester of the junior year, and enter the professional education sequence in the summer between junior and senior years. Students then qualify to have their bachelor's degree awarded by the undergraduate liberal arts college.
Students continue with the professional sequence the summer after graduation. They return in the fall to complete a student-teaching internship with related coursework and continue with full-time graduate study, including a field-based research project, in the spring. The Ed.M. degree is conferred upon the completion of all five-year program requirements.
After the master's degree is awarded, the GSE will make a recommendation to the New Jersey State department of Education on behalf of the student to receive a CEAS as a teacher.
Education Requirements:
Pre-Admission Core Courses (6.5 credits)
05:300:200 Introduction to Education (3)
05:300:201 Introduction to Education Field-Based Lab - Clinical Experience (.5)
05:300:306 Introduction to Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)
Elementary/Middle School Education (28 credits)
05:300:304 Arts Across the Curriculum (3)
05:300:461 Science Pre-K and the Elementary School: Learning and Assessment (3)
05:300:471 Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School (3)
05:300:494 Literacy Development in the Early Years (3)
05:300:495 Literacy Development in Elementary and Middle School (3)
15:521:575 Learning and Teaching in the Middle School: Curriculum and Assessment (3)
15:251:561 Teaching Mathematics in PK and Elementary 1: Operations, Algebra, and Place Value (2)
15:251:562 Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary 2: Fractions, Geometry, and Data Analysis (2)
15:251:580 Inquiry-Based Teaching: Learning and Assessment (3)
Graduate-level elective (3)
Common Professional Education Core (15 credits)
05:300:450 Urban Education I (1.5)
05:300:451 Urban Education II (1.5)
05:300:452 Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom I (1.5)
05:300:453 Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom II (1.5)
15:255:534 Classroom Organization for the Inclusive and Special Classroom (3)
15:293:523 Inclusive Teaching in Education (3)
Choose one from the following:
15:255:539 Communities, Schools, and Social Justice (3)
15:253:540 Teaching English Language Learners (3)
05:300:406 Community-Based Language Learning (3)
Clinical Experience (19.5 credits)
05:300:498 Clinical Experience Phase 1 (.5)
05:300:499 Clinical Practice Phase 2 (4)
15:255:535 Clinical Practice Phase 3 (9)
15:255:536 Clinical Practice Seminar (6)
Major Requirements
Almost any major offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is acceptable for this program. A major in one of the subject areas taught in the middle school grades, however, will make the program requirements much easier to accomplish (English, mathematics, sciences, social studies). Please check with the program faculty about your choice of major as early as possible in your undergraduate career.
Subject Specialization (15 credits)
At least 15 credits of college-level work must be completed in the subject field that will be the specialization. Any subject fitting into one of the following four areas is appropriate: English/language arts, mathematics, science, or social studies. Middle school specialization in more than one field (i.e., math and social studies) is possible in New Jersey; however, the Graduate School of Education is only able to recommend students for one middle school specialization. Upon completion of the program, students may apply to the state for additional certifications if they have the appropriate coursework.
Combined B.A./B.S./Ed.M. Five-Year Teacher Preparation Programs 
